More than 169,000 cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus have been detected. France and Spain have joined Italy in imposing lockdowns on tens of millions of people.

Plus, a dispute over Afghanistan’s presidential election and an outbreak of coronavirus in the country appear to have further complicated an already troubled effort the United States is making to help find a negotiated end to nearly 19 years of war.

Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders clashed over their records Sunday as they offered plans for combatting the new coronavirus, which is changing day-to-day life in the United States and much of the world.